Bowling apparatus



I H. FRITSCH.

BOWLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED r25. 12 1919.

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BOWLING APPARATUS.

AP PLICATION FILED [58.12.1919, 1,322,892.,

Patented Nov; 25, 1919.

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' ATTORNEY BOWLING APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMANN FRrrsoH, a citizen of Austria, and a resident'of North Bergen, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bowling Apparatus of which the following-is a specification." r

The present invention relates to. a bowling apparatus, and more particularlyto a miniature or parlor bowling table;

The main object of the invention is to provide a simple, portable game table, on which the bowling game may be played with all the rules of the regular game.

Another object of the invention is to provide a game table of the character mentioned with means for throwing the ball, in combination with a chute by the aid of which the course of the ball may be directed.

A further object of the invention is to devise an apparatus of the character described, which can be manufactured on a commercial scale or, in other words, one which is not so difficult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such a device.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or sacriiicing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: 7

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a bowling apparatus constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section similar to the one shown in Fig. 2, on a larger scale, showing the ball throwing and directing means; Fig. 4c is a bottom plan view of the device shown in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 3, the ball directing means being removed to more clearly show the construction of the remaining elements,

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long table 10, that is provided all around with an upturned flange 11, that is adapted to prevent the ball from rolling off the edge thereof. This table, with its flange, constitutes the playing bed of the alley, the said bedbeing mounted upon legs 12 of a suitable height.

The pin spots, denoted by the numeral 13, are marked upon the table adjacent the players end, the spent balls being placed by the players into a gutter 14, thatruns along the longitudinal edge of the table and leads at the other end of the latter to a hollow standard 15. The gutter 141 is disposed a suitable distance above thealley bed, being supported by uprights 16. Within the hollow standard 15 is disposed afixed stop 17, that supports, in cooperation with a lever 18, the ball 19, received from the gutter 14. The lever 18 is disposed within the standard 15, being pivoted to the same at 20. The upper end of this lever is recessed, as shown at 21,

and of a configuration so as to lift the ball above the stop 17, when shifted around its fulcrum in thedirection of the arrow shown in 3 of the drawings. The side flange 22, adjacent the recess 21, on the lever prevents a ball from passing into the standard 15, when the said lever is in the dotted position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The lower end of the lever is reduced in size, as shown at 23, and extends through a slot 2% in the table 10 into an arc-shaped slot 25, the latter being provided in an actuating bar 26', that is shiftably disposed upon the underface of the table. This bar extends from the hollow standard 15 forward, its forward end 27 projecting beyond the table at the players stand. To guide the bar in its sliding movement, there is provided, adjacent the players end, upon the underface of the table provided with a head 31. The guide 28 extends transversely of the table, permitting the'bar 26 to be shifted around the bolt 29 as a fulcrum, fora purpose hereinafter to be described. The bolt 29 forms at the same time the fulcrum of a chute 32, that slants shaped slot 34: in the table 10 and a longitudinal'slot 35 in the bar 26. The connection stated permits the bar 26 to be shifted in the direction of its longitudinal axis without affecting the position of the chute 82. The chute, however, moves with the bar 26, when bed in the form ofa table provided all around with an upwardly extendingflange, said bed having pin spots adjacentone of the latter is shifted around its fulcruin 29.

The operation of this device is as follows:

I I The bowling pins are "placed upon the pin spots 13, and the lever 18 brought into the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings by shifting the bar 26 'inthe' direction of the arrow shown adjacent the same in Fig. 2. The outlet of the gutter 14 is thus uncovered, whereby'a ball therein rolls onto the fixed stop 17. The player then moves the bar 26.

around its fulcrum 29 into the desired position, the chute 32 moving therewith and pointing at the pin or pinsto be struck and v knocked from their vertical positions. The

extreme positions of the longitudinal center line of theybar 26 are shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of,the drawings. It is to be noted V 7 that, by reason of the transverse slot 25 in the bar 26, the latter may be shifted around its fulcrum withoutchanging'the position of the lever 18. After thechute has been brought into the desired position, the bar 26 is shifted in the direction of its longitudinal axis to cause the lever 18 to move from the position shown in' full lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings into position shown in dotted lines toward the pins. After the ball has completed its travel, it is placedinto the gutter 14, and the operations'described are then repeated,

What I claim is A bowling apparatus comprising an a1leying from said support down to'said table,

said chute being fulcrumed to said table, a lever pivoted to said standard adapted to move a ball from said support into said chute, said lever having a reduced lower'end, a bar shiftableupon the underface of said table leading from the pin spot end of said I table to said lever and having a transverse arc-shaped slot and two longitudinal slots,

the reduced end of'said lever being seated V in said'arc-shaped slot and the fulcrum of said chute extending through one of the'longitudinal .slots in said bar, a downwardly extending bolt fixed to said chute seated in the other longitudinal slot in said bar, the

ated independently of each otheri Signed at New York, in the-county of.

' connection between said chute, lever and bar permltting said lever and chute to'be actu New York, and State of New York, this 1st I day of Febr. D. 1919.

LHEVRMANIN FRITSCH. 

